Very little support for the art scene from the tax system and, as in Germany, an outdated distinction between “original” works of art, subject to 9% VAT, and multiples (prints, digital works, photography etc), subject to 19%

The restitution question was hardly mentioned, but it tautened everyone’s nerves

After the sculptures' surfaces were damaged in the 1930s due to improper care, the museum has cleaned up its act

Greeks renew demands for return of sculptures following new allegations that they were irreparably damaged in the Thirties

UK Charity Commissioners want access for women to Mount Athos

High levels of pollution in the area are diminishing the marble

The monastery has been forbidden to women since 1060 and remains barely accessible to laymen, making this public exhibition an opportunity of a lifetime

Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors

An amendment to an article published in the March issue of The Art Newspaper (No. 57, p.26), with our apologies

The British School at Athens managed to obtain coveted permission to excavate

Architect of the Louvre pyramid, I.M. Pei, is its designer

Almost all Minoan antiquities assembled by former premier, Mr Mitsotakis, appear to have an illegal provenance.